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Summer Assignments for ALL CLASSES

Summer Assignments for ALL CLASSEStitle

In-Coming 9th Graders

All Freshmen have a summer reading assignment for English.

Choose a book from this list.

Complete this document.

If you need help getting a book, please check out our library resource page for summer reading.

English Summer Reading

Every Student is expected to have a Summer Reading Assignment in their English Class.

Refer to the chart below to help determine which book you need to read.

if you're having trouble viewing the table, there's a listed view below.

FRESHMEN (9th Grade)	SOPHOMORES (10th Grade)	JUNIORS (11th Grade)	SENIORS (12th Grade)
English I; Multicultural Literature & Voice	English II	English III	English IV & Film as Literature
Choose ONE book* from* this list. Then complete this document.	*Feed* by MT Anderson	Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson	Choose your own book, over 150 pages, that you have not read before.
	AS English II	AS English III	AP Literature
Incoming 9th Graders, if you need help with getting these books, explore our library's page for Summer Reading.	Circe by Madeline Miller	CHOOSE ONE: Atonement by Ian McEwan or Life of Pi by Yann Patel	BOTH REQUIRED: *As I Lay Dying* by William Faulkner AND *Book of Delights* by Ross Gay
		AP Language	English IV:Creative Writing
		*Educated* by Tara Westover	*Flash Fiction Forward* Edited by James Thomasand Robert Shapard

FRESHMEN (9th Grade)

Choose ONE book from this list.
Then complete this document.

SOPHOMORES (10th Grade)

English II

"Feed" by MT Anderson

AS English II

"Circe" by Madeline Miller

JUNIORS (11th Grade)

English III

"Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

AS English III CHOOSE ONE:

"Atonement" by Ian McEwan
or
"Life of Pi" by Yann Patel

AP Language

"Educated" by Tara Westover

SENIORS (12th Grade)

AP Literature BOTH REQUIRED:

"As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
AND
"Book of Delights" by Ross Gay

English IV:Creative Writing

"Flash Fiction Forward" Edited by James Thomasand & Robert Shapard

English IV & Film as Literature

Choose your own book, over 150 pages, that you have not read before.

AP Biology

Please pick up the textbook: Campbell's Biology

Download both Instructions and Example.

AP Biology Assignment

AP Biology Assignment Example

If you have any questions, contact Mr. Roisen at proisen@seq.org

AP Chemistry

AP Chemistry Summer Assignment

Please pick up a copy of the Zumdahl textbook in the library. Your summer assignment is shown below and is due on the first day of school.

Please use significant figures for all of your calculations and show units.

Chapter	Instructions	Problem sets: Please do the following problems from the textbook
1	Read Ch.1 and complete the problem set – you should spend 1 hr	#26, 30, 72, 79, 81, 83, 87, 88
2	Read Ch.2 and complete the problem set – spend about 1-2 hrs	#19, 23, 28, 29, 32, 34, 42, 56, 62, 72, 78
3	Read Ch.3 and complete the problem set- spend 1-2 hrs	#66, 70, 76

Please email msandora@seq.org with questions.

AP Comp Sci JAVA

AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A - Java

For students who have taken AP CSP or Mobile Apps, there is no Summer Assignment! You are excused! Enjoy the rest of your summer and I’ll see you in August!

For students with no or little prior experience, it's important to have a working knowledge of the basics of programming before coming into AP CSA. Students who have a basic working knowledge of any programming language often earn 5’s and A’s at a much higher rate than those who come into the class without any experience, and understand the topics much better. For your summer assignment, you are expected to learn the basics of Object-Oriented programming.

You may choose one of the following two options: from this Google Doc

If you get stuck, you can ask me questions during that first week. Or you can email me over the summer at: cdonaldson@seq.org.

Finish all lessons in this Google Doc.

AP Environmental Science

Details of what to do are provided here on the new APES Web Site.

PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS lancepowell@yahoo.com

AP French

AP French Summer Assignments

Devoirs d’ete: There are two things you need to do this summer for AP French.

Journaling

Vous allez faire du journaling chaque weekend.

You can write about anything you like - what you did that week, how you are feeling, a great book you read recently, etc. The point is to have you write regularly in French. Each entry should be handwritten and should be about 10-12 sentences. You should have a minimum of 7 separate entries. You can use an old notebook. Please date your entries as you make them.

DO NOT use any online support (google translate, chatgpt) to write your entries. These journal entries have to be 100% your own work. If you need to look up words, please use wordreference.com or a dictionary. Your journal entries are not graded for accuracy. This exercise will help you get ready for all the writing we will be doing this year in AP French.

All your journal entries are due in the first week of school.

Watch French news.

https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-jt/france-2/20-heures/

You will watch the news in French. You pick the day/time of the news broadcast but it’s best to view the most recent broadcasts.

You will watch 2 broadcasts of the Journal Télévisé de France 2.

Make a copy of this doc and for each broadcast, fill it in as you are watching the news. You can turn on the french captions to help with comprehension. You will need to summarize the first 5 news stories/segments from the show. You can write the summaries in English.

AP: COMPRÉHENSION ORALE: LE JT de France 2

If you have any questions, please email me at sbhagwat@seq.org. I will have limited access to my email from July 1- 20.

Passez de très bonnes vacances!

Mme. Bhagwat

AP Latin

Before the beginning of the school year, please, do the following:

Study this word list and be ready for a quiz in August.

Also complete the reading questions for Book I of Vergil's Aeneid.

Memento: keep it positive, omnia vicit amor. VALETE: have a wonderful summer.

Please email me with questions, comments, and concerns: aeaton@seq.org

AP Photo

There are 5 parts to this assignment. Complete each one.

Contact me at sfrivold@seq.org for any questions.

AP Spanish Literature

Information for AP Spanish Literature's Summer Assigment is provided here on this Google Doc

Please contact me if you have any questions: arodriguez@seq.org

AP Studio Art

AP Studio Art Summer Assignment

The Summer Assignment is all contained in the Links below. The assignment consists of 3 artworks, each of which should take a minimum of 5 hours to create and complete by the beginning of the school year, as well as a collection of 50 or more photographs (printed and contained in a physical folder) to be used as references for artworks to be made throughout the year in class.

The links also include examples and "handouts" to be used to build understanding of the instructions and my expectations of the work to be done in the artworks. Also included in the links are Project Grade Forms to be filled out, for each of the 3 artworks separately (3 project grade forms total) and a grade form for the photo file. All work and the forms will be turned in the first week of school.

Please download the project forms to your device before you edit them.

Objectives:

Determine any areas of weakness that we should focus on at some time during the school year.
Establish a routine and pacing for making art during the school year.
Create artworks that might work within your Portfolio for submission as your AP Studio Art Exam.

Materials needed:

Students can acquire the materials for themselves, or reach out to Ms. Ulloa at mulloa@seq.org. If you wish, students can easily acquire the art materials online or "pick-up" at retailers such as Michaels Arts & Crafts. The materials for the 3 artworks are:

Paper - art drawing paper (for all 3 drawings), with a smooth surface, size 18-inches by 12-inches

Medium - your choice(s) of art drawing pencils, graphite sticks and/or charcoal

Follow the links and download the docs to your own PC or laptop computer. Use the information in the links to read and follow directions, see examples for what I'm expecting in your work, and fill out project grade forms once the assignment parts are completed for the beginning of the school year.

CLICK ON EACH FOR THE GOOGLE DOC:

Directions AP Studio Art Summer Assignment

Part 1 Example AP Studio Art Summer Assignment
Part 2 Example AP Studio Art Summer Assignment
Part 3 Example AP Studio Art Summer Assignment

AP US History

All of the summer assignment details and links are on the

M-A APUSH Summer Assignment Google Site.

AP World History

AP World: Modern

Ms. Candace Bolles (she/her/hers) ~ cbolles@seq.org

Ms. Amira Sani (she/her/hers)

Mr. Marcus Kevorkyan (he/him/his)

Download the Summer Assignment Document

Questions:

Please email cbolles@seq.org (I check my email infrequently over the summer, so please be patient)

AS Algebra II

Please read and complete this google doc.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact skryger@seq.org

AVID

AVID students (Grades 10-12) will write an argumentative paragraph based on what message the author of their summer reading book was trying to convey to their audience.

After students have finished reading their assigned book for next year’s English class, this assignment should take between one and two hours. Any questions should be directed to your AVID teacher!

USE THIS GOOGLE DOC TO GUIDE YOUR WRITING

Library Hours

All Texts for Summer assignments can be checked out in the Library Text Room from 7:45 AM to 3:30 PM Monday through Friday during the month of June. The text room will be closed from 12-1 for lunch. For July, please check the webpage below for limited hours.

For more info, go to the M-A's Library Page.

First Day of School, Wednesday August 13, Document List